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our education. host: a long time math teacher in arizona public schools, our guest is the head of the national education association. phone lines are open. you can join the conversation on our twitter page. jerry is on the phone from illinois. good morning. caller: i had the privilege of teaching in chicago public schools my first three or four years of teaching. it is absolutely very, very difficult. it is hard for people to understand how difficult it is to teach students with those needs. i left there and i now work in another district in the south suburbs. i think we are number one in the state for demographics. very high performing. we have so many resources and a lot of this teachers work nonstop. it is not always race, but poverty is indeed one of the most important variables. again, the education of your parents -- that is why left chicago public schools. what i saw -- i had spent years in the army and it did not prepare me for what i saw in cps. when i left, i had to write a book. there wer
our education. host: a long time math teacher in arizona public schools, our guest is the head of the national education association. phone lines are open. you can join the conversation on our twitter page. jerry is on the phone from illinois. good morning. caller: i had the privilege of teaching in chicago public schools my first three or four years of teaching. it is absolutely very, very difficult. it is hard for people to understand how difficult it is to teach students with those needs. i...
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education. >> when the president took office, he faced a jobs crisis. it has barely improved. the face the spending crisis. he has made that worst. and defaced and education crisis. -- and he faced an education crisis. it would be great if we could look back on the last of all last four years that we had turned a corner, but that has not happened, sadly. it's not as a matter of test scores and international banking, it is the frustration of a sixth grader who wants to learn more but is stuck in a class that is hardly moving at all. it is the embarrassment of a 10th grader who knows it cannot read the books he has been assigned. it is the shame of a 12 greater who is supposed to be ready to graduate but has not mastered the skills he or she needs to succeed in the jobs of today. host: that was mitt romney yesterday it. a little bit more from the ce --more sun peacie we will hear from the president as well a couple times during this segment, on education. here's the new york times headline on this
education. >> when the president took office, he faced a jobs crisis. it has barely improved. the face the spending crisis. he has made that worst. and defaced and education crisis. -- and he faced an education crisis. it would be great if we could look back on the last of all last four years that we had turned a corner, but that has not happened, sadly. it's not as a matter of test scores and international banking, it is the frustration of a sixth grader who wants to learn more but is...
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education. not at a time when most jobs will require more than a high- school diploma. whether it is at a 4-year college, we cannot make it a luxury. every american family should be able to afford it. host: that is the president addressing the college crowd when it comes to student debt. we want to get your thoughts as well. again, the number to call for our republican line is 202-737- 0002. the number to call for our democrat line is 202-737-0001. the number to call for our independent line is 202-628- 0205. if you want to reach out to us on social media, we also have a facebook page as well. robert byr that is one of the comments weighing in this morning. first up is south carolina on our republican line. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. let me see if i have this right. the democrats took over the student loan from the private thing. they made the percentage rate. they made it go up right before the election. it seems to me this is all a democrat way to try to get some vo
education. not at a time when most jobs will require more than a high- school diploma. whether it is at a 4-year college, we cannot make it a luxury. every american family should be able to afford it. host: that is the president addressing the college crowd when it comes to student debt. we want to get your thoughts as well. again, the number to call for our republican line is 202-737- 0002. the number to call for our democrat line is 202-737-0001. the number to call for our independent line is...
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i think he is educated. he has been an educated setting where he is dealt with this firsthand already in his home state of massachusetts. he has done this in the private sector as well and he has got some good ideas. he met all put it on the table yet. he has given us some insight. and i think his point to take us to where it needs to be. i think a lot of the nation right now is almost sitting on the edge of their seats, seeing what is going on between the candidates and but they have to say. one thing -- you know, i think is getting less focus on right now with obama is that he is a lawyer. and lawyers smooth the top. and businessman doesn't do a lot is moved talking. they do a lot of smoot working. and that is what we need right now. host: stay on the line. let us see what lillian has to say. in florida. what you think about what katrina had to say? caller: what katrina was saying as far as the economy, the economy does need to be addressed. i think that katrina as well as everyone in the nation needs to l
i think he is educated. he has been an educated setting where he is dealt with this firsthand already in his home state of massachusetts. he has done this in the private sector as well and he has got some good ideas. he met all put it on the table yet. he has given us some insight. and i think his point to take us to where it needs to be. i think a lot of the nation right now is almost sitting on the edge of their seats, seeing what is going on between the candidates and but they have to say....
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is his job losses persist for the less-educated parents -- less-educated, what better- educated people have gained millions of studies according to a georgetown university study. where you surprised by the results of your research? guest: we were surprised by the strength of the results. we knew that of the need all of the data on unemployment, all of that said -- that underneath all of that data on plant, all of that sad news, what we know now is that during recessions, the process of change, by which technology automates repetitive tasks more and more in the economy, leaving not repetitive tasks to human beings is requiring more and more skills and work. we knew this was going on. what surprised us is the strength continuing through a recession. host: from twitter, is the biggest reason we see this trend because we cannot manufacture anything in the united states anymore? guest: keep in mind, manufacturing is still our largest industry, producing more output than any other industry, but what has changed as we are doing that with half of the workers that we used to used in 1979. it is
is his job losses persist for the less-educated parents -- less-educated, what better- educated people have gained millions of studies according to a georgetown university study. where you surprised by the results of your research? guest: we were surprised by the strength of the results. we knew that of the need all of the data on unemployment, all of that said -- that underneath all of that data on plant, all of that sad news, what we know now is that during recessions, the process of change,...
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these education opportunity credits. when i ran for governor long ago, 10% of the kids of college age were in high gear education. it is now 50%. it is a wonderful development. it has happened in part by the support from the government and community colleges. as i go door to door, what i am told is our kids are in college now but are having trouble making it. they are having trouble paying for it. our families are under pressure then they do not eliminate all of the state and federal support for higher education. >> what should they sacrifice? >> it is hard to tell them to sacrifice when they have worked hard and have had stagnant income on average. i think they are willing to participate if they feel that everybody else is participating. i think, for example, i am willing to take a look at the mortgage interest rate deduction but not top it off in terms of 25%. no way. i would not be willing to do that. host: that is our program on sundays right after this program. you can see it at 10:00 in the morning. you can also ca
these education opportunity credits. when i ran for governor long ago, 10% of the kids of college age were in high gear education. it is now 50%. it is a wonderful development. it has happened in part by the support from the government and community colleges. as i go door to door, what i am told is our kids are in college now but are having trouble making it. they are having trouble paying for it. our families are under pressure then they do not eliminate all of the state and federal support...
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i am glad he did, because i believe in education. i just don't understand how you think america can get saddled with all these student loans. we are $16 trillion in debt. i don't understand it. host: let's get a response from congressman courtney. guest: we are talking about a program or the government provides loans but gets repaid with interest. non-payment as creep up a little bit, but we are still talking about 7% or 8% delinquency. that is not a bad batting average for a program that is clearly focused on a public good, which is trying to make sure the people that agrees that they needed to succeed in life. your son's situation is fabulous, and what i would say is that we need to make sure that some people really understand better what the obligations are, like your son did, when they make these life decisions, really, about going to college and boring money. -- borrowing money. there are strategies you are seeing schools pursue, like community college, transferring to other universities, which, again, community college transfer
i am glad he did, because i believe in education. i just don't understand how you think america can get saddled with all these student loans. we are $16 trillion in debt. i don't understand it. host: let's get a response from congressman courtney. guest: we are talking about a program or the government provides loans but gets repaid with interest. non-payment as creep up a little bit, but we are still talking about 7% or 8% delinquency. that is not a bad batting average for a program that is...
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morici, i was wondering if you felt as an educator that making the entire focus of education some kind of remuneration, does that not detract from having students involved in fields of signs that have more exports of, and, you know -- the thing that detracts from america in the long run due to the absence of that kind of drive that exists with the idea of learning for learning is sick? guest: learning for learning's stake is important, but can we afford to have half the population to that, i do not think so. there is a balance to be struck. a lot of liberal arts institutions askew two notions, but they can do things at less cost, and that they should have a vocational contention. students need to live a life. that is what you're talking about what general education, and i also need to earn a living. it is becoming apparent that many college graduates cannot earn a living that is commensurate with the cost of their education as computed by the debt that they have. we have to have a balance here. host: this from our twitter page -- guest: it certainly would be helpful. business schools d
morici, i was wondering if you felt as an educator that making the entire focus of education some kind of remuneration, does that not detract from having students involved in fields of signs that have more exports of, and, you know -- the thing that detracts from america in the long run due to the absence of that kind of drive that exists with the idea of learning for learning is sick? guest: learning for learning's stake is important, but can we afford to have half the population to that, i do...
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education was heavily supported in massachusetts. the education system there was rated very highly. host: let me put the numbers on the screen. 1.5 million young people between ages of 80-29 eligible to vote here in ohio. you both, i assume, have student loans. the average debt of college students is just under $28,000. the and apply merit among those between the ages of 20-24 is about 16.5%. guest: that is definitely a big issue for me and a big concern, the student loans and student interest rates. this affects meet effectively -- this affects what we fought for. making sure we talk to the legislators and talked about how we can afford to see the interest rates doubled. that is why we saw president obama during the summer go to college campuses and speak to students to say we cannot let the republican-led congress raise interest rates and see them double. that is something where i am glad has passed in a bipartisan manner. it is extremely important. when we talk about health grants -- pell grants, we talk about who will be investing in education programs? i am not saying that mitt
education was heavily supported in massachusetts. the education system there was rated very highly. host: let me put the numbers on the screen. 1.5 million young people between ages of 80-29 eligible to vote here in ohio. you both, i assume, have student loans. the average debt of college students is just under $28,000. the and apply merit among those between the ages of 20-24 is about 16.5%. guest: that is definitely a big issue for me and a big concern, the student loans and student interest...
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i'm mostly self-educated. i've read everything i can get my hands on in the english language, and i am very unimpressed and disappointed by many people i speak with who have college degrees. they don't seem to be able to con crepe lies things. they are not tied to think outside the box. it's the fault of some of the students who are looking forward to spring break. but the point i would like to make is i think there should be a lemon law for the money we do spend and people who get money to go to school should be tested and if they don't meet a certain criteria, then the school does not get fade federal money. host: tom in quincy, massachusetts. we've got another tweet, this one from eddy evans who writes unintended consequence of publicly funded loans will be like this year after year after year. sthruent suffer as a result. next up is wilma in laraine, ohio. wilma is working on a two-year degree. caller: it's our experience with education. me and my husband both came from poverty. and i don't think those pro
i'm mostly self-educated. i've read everything i can get my hands on in the english language, and i am very unimpressed and disappointed by many people i speak with who have college degrees. they don't seem to be able to con crepe lies things. they are not tied to think outside the box. it's the fault of some of the students who are looking forward to spring break. but the point i would like to make is i think there should be a lemon law for the money we do spend and people who get money to go...
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guest: questions of what kinds of specifics educational environments online education is good for and where you need to be in person with that tactile sense, these are the questions that we are trying to resolve. i think we're headed toward a future where for most tombs, it is not as if there will learn in person or learn online. i think it will be a hybrid of learning environment for most dunes in the future. that might mean you take some of your classes online. when it comes to a laboratory, you have to go to a place and interact with people in person because that is what is needed. these are the kinds of questions which to be trying to resolve. for: what we'll be watching in the next step of the process? guest: we will see other institutions get involved with some kind of mooc environment. if that's what it takes with universities to expand access to higher education at low-cost, that's great. the big question of, can you get credit for it, there'll be a lot of pressure on that. host: kevin carey, education policy program director from new america foundation. thank you so much. tha
guest: questions of what kinds of specifics educational environments online education is good for and where you need to be in person with that tactile sense, these are the questions that we are trying to resolve. i think we're headed toward a future where for most tombs, it is not as if there will learn in person or learn online. i think it will be a hybrid of learning environment for most dunes in the future. that might mean you take some of your classes online. when it comes to a laboratory,...
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a lot of it is education. asians are coming over and getting post-graduate degrees and there is a focus in that culture to focus on education. i will be interested to see next week when the data comes down to see how that breaks out in education, but there has been data that shows that for my very groups, hispanics and blacks, education is not there. guest: over 2010 and 2011, non- hispanic white houses and left houses had a fall, but hispanic causes and asian houses did not. -- houses and asian houses did not. guest: hispanics stood out. guest: right. guest: just to get back to education, it is not the pay are not educated groups, but the struggle to get educational resources there is where the debate is -- how much money goes to our schools and where. host: i am thinking back to some of the education chart with asians, there are sub-groups, east asians, indians, the have the highest post-doctoral educations. they are getting better educated after college than other parts of the population. next, we'll take a
a lot of it is education. asians are coming over and getting post-graduate degrees and there is a focus in that culture to focus on education. i will be interested to see next week when the data comes down to see how that breaks out in education, but there has been data that shows that for my very groups, hispanics and blacks, education is not there. guest: over 2010 and 2011, non- hispanic white houses and left houses had a fall, but hispanic causes and asian houses did not. -- houses and...
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it was the education now event, which also talked about cities at the forefront of education reform. it was held by american university. it featured several mayors and officials looking at the topic of education. from that, the folks here who run our facebook page posted this question, and here's how they phrased it. they said, when it comes to the local level of education, what's working or failing in your school district? and we like the phrasing so much of that question, we wanted to take it and use it for our own in our first 45 minutes. so, here's what we can do. we'll show clips of what happened at this event. it featured several high-level people talking about the topic of education. but from you, the folks viewing us today, monitoring us on the internet, what we want to get from you is a sense of, if you take a look at your district, where you live, your education system, what works, what doesn't? feel free to tell us one or the other. feel free to tell us both. you can comment on twitter and facebook as well. but here's how it will start. for democrats, 202-737-001. for repu
it was the education now event, which also talked about cities at the forefront of education reform. it was held by american university. it featured several mayors and officials looking at the topic of education. from that, the folks here who run our facebook page posted this question, and here's how they phrased it. they said, when it comes to the local level of education, what's working or failing in your school district? and we like the phrasing so much of that question, we wanted to take it...
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thanks for having: i am an educator and a special educator. as an independent with no party affiliation i think there's a very big problem. our government right now is using education as a political tug-of-war. one of the biggest problems that i see is that we give so many "writes" to students, when they fail to understand that we live in the republic and not a democracy. those rights are afforded to us by our parents. our don't know how government works. they have the internet at the tip of their fingers, but they don't research any credibility behind any of the expounding fax to the teacher, faculty and staff. they don't want to follow the rules. there's no money to support the discipline situation in the classroom and in the hallways. host: what would you do as an educator, what would you see that should change? caller: as an independent, i get it a lot of comments and some people say i am conservative and others say i'm a liberal. one thing i would like to see is the pledge of allegiance back in the classroom. people don't have to say it,
thanks for having: i am an educator and a special educator. as an independent with no party affiliation i think there's a very big problem. our government right now is using education as a political tug-of-war. one of the biggest problems that i see is that we give so many "writes" to students, when they fail to understand that we live in the republic and not a democracy. those rights are afforded to us by our parents. our don't know how government works. they have the internet at the...
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as far as education. to make sure that every single child is born as a proper education so that they will grow up to be a productive human being before the country. host: "usa today" story highlights the teacher rankings. it is followed up by a "huffington post" story. host: again, the idea of posting teacher rankings and how it affects the long-term if you want to weigh in. new york, the republican line. caller: yes, sir. good morning. my thought, having been a teacher at one point, i am not a mechanical engineer. it may or may not help. at what point do we start posting parents scores? when i was a teacher i had about 8 50/50 chance -- a 50/50 chance when calling a parent. host: is that what affected your change of career? caller: no. host: talk about the idea of when a score is put up, if it captures the idea of you as a teacher as a whole. what would go into that? caller: i do not know. i talk to some people who are not able to teach and say, i could never do their job, and yet they are critical of th
as far as education. to make sure that every single child is born as a proper education so that they will grow up to be a productive human being before the country. host: "usa today" story highlights the teacher rankings. it is followed up by a "huffington post" story. host: again, the idea of posting teacher rankings and how it affects the long-term if you want to weigh in. new york, the republican line. caller: yes, sir. good morning. my thought, having been a teacher at...
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host: we have been talking to stephen sawchuk, assistant educator at education week. the chicago teachers' strike has come to an end. what does it mean moving forward for chicago and for the country? coming up on "washington journal," a discussion of the impact and the role of editorial cartoonists. we will be right back. >> lets look at what the emancipation proclamation act said. the proclamation freed insulate people in those states still in rebellion on january 1, 1863. it did not free everybody, just those states or parts of states still in rebellion. there were several places in the country where slavery still existed. there were parts of a virginia where the union army had a football -- foothold. slavery still existed. >> president clinton issued an early version of the emancipation proclamation following the victory at anti etam. yet questions on the battle and repercussions on the single bloodiest day of fighting in american history. sunday from antietam national battlefield. >> people like to see where views have shifted over the years. they want to see wher
host: we have been talking to stephen sawchuk, assistant educator at education week. the chicago teachers' strike has come to an end. what does it mean moving forward for chicago and for the country? coming up on "washington journal," a discussion of the impact and the role of editorial cartoonists. we will be right back. >> lets look at what the emancipation proclamation act said. the proclamation freed insulate people in those states still in rebellion on january 1, 1863. it...
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it is mary's education, health, economic security. -- it marries education, health, economic security. guest: if women feel like they are being discriminated, is that for you get involved? guest: we do. we use the law and all of its forms. we have intake and evil have any type of concern, they can find us through our web site, which is www.nwlc.org. will provide technical assistance. we weigh in on policy matters. host: back to the phones. new jersey. our line for democrats. if you are on. caller: thank you. i guess i go to school in a local area for new york city. one thing i have noticed -- i am taking a computer science course. they are dominated by men. i was wondering if maybe that had to do with the socialization process. when people are growing up and being raised to appreciate certain things over others. i was thinking that might have a bigger impact than government policy programs. i am not disputing the importance of those, but i think there is something to be said about how a person is raised and . i talked to my cousins from india. i have female cousins who are computer sc
it is mary's education, health, economic security. -- it marries education, health, economic security. guest: if women feel like they are being discriminated, is that for you get involved? guest: we do. we use the law and all of its forms. we have intake and evil have any type of concern, they can find us through our web site, which is www.nwlc.org. will provide technical assistance. we weigh in on policy matters. host: back to the phones. new jersey. our line for democrats. if you are on....
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these are the areas that need more education. it is so much data out there that humans will go to the path of least resistance. that is going after you as a person rather than trying to filter out billions of websites. host: twitter says, letting the government have a larger role in security is like having the fox have a larger role in securing the henhouse. let's go to lawrence in new york on the in an airline. caller: good morning. thank you for washington journal. i love this show. i am a cpa. my biggest concern is that there is so much information on the new york state tax return, which has social security number, dates of birth of the taxpayer, name, address, and where direct deposit of a refund is due. it also includes the banking information. as a practitioner for 30 years, i am is still not comfortable filing electronically. the reason i say that it is i have also had experiences in health care industry whereby, to my understanding, physicians and hospitals, to this day, do not e-mail medical records. i am curious fit you
these are the areas that need more education. it is so much data out there that humans will go to the path of least resistance. that is going after you as a person rather than trying to filter out billions of websites. host: twitter says, letting the government have a larger role in security is like having the fox have a larger role in securing the henhouse. let's go to lawrence in new york on the in an airline. caller: good morning. thank you for washington journal. i love this show. i am a...
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he talked about education elementary, high school education as well as higher education and here's what he had to stay on the issue of higher education. >> the jobs in the future are beyond high school degree. when i speak about higher education, we're not just talking about a four-year degree. we're talking about somebody going to a community college and getting trained for that manufacturing job that now is requiring somebody walking through the door, handling $1 million piece of equipment and they can't go in there unless they got some basic training beyond what they received in high school. we all want americans getting those jobs of the future. so we're going to have to make sure that they are getting the education that they need. we can't allow higher education to be a luxury in this country. it's an economic imperative that every family in america has to be able to afford. and frankly, i don't think any of this should be a partisan issue. >> higher education, the impact this debate is having on your vote. joseph an independent in north carolina, what do you think? caller: well, i
he talked about education elementary, high school education as well as higher education and here's what he had to stay on the issue of higher education. >> the jobs in the future are beyond high school degree. when i speak about higher education, we're not just talking about a four-year degree. we're talking about somebody going to a community college and getting trained for that manufacturing job that now is requiring somebody walking through the door, handling $1 million piece of...
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david in kansas, an educator, republican line. caller: i just want to say i am an educator. i'm not republican. i would make education a completely free market good. i would get rid of compulsory school attendance. --would get rid of taxation a i think you need a wall that separates the government and education, just like we have a separation between government and religion. host: ok. june in wisconsin, independent. caller: hi. you know, the baby boomers got the last excellent, well-rounded public-school education. it was based on the basics -- proper english, writing. for whatever reason, somebody decided -- and i saw a teacher wrote an article on why we have to write all these rules in english, such as "i before e" in english. i thought, are you kidding me? for some reason somebody said, "whatever you think it is, and johnny." it's ridiculous. there's nothing wrong with people understanding if you get down english, you can learn anything. they are deliberately dumbing down these children,. they talk about higher standards, but they're not getting the children the skills to
david in kansas, an educator, republican line. caller: i just want to say i am an educator. i'm not republican. i would make education a completely free market good. i would get rid of compulsory school attendance. --would get rid of taxation a i think you need a wall that separates the government and education, just like we have a separation between government and religion. host: ok. june in wisconsin, independent. caller: hi. you know, the baby boomers got the last excellent, well-rounded...
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guest: american technical education is supportive of all technical education. someone who is closer to this than i am maybe able to respond. i believe wages are about the same. it may be to the credit of the auto industry and workers that have set a wage area that there is some level of comparable. i am assuming when businesses decide to locate, they are looking at all of these things. that coulda kid be a factor. host: she is joining us from minneapolis. good morning. caller: i would like to know if this trade school is going to have plumbing and electricians and carpenters like we used to have that were taken out of our schools. every time a trade school offer comes up, everybody seems to map it down and go to computers. they put more satellite up for the electronics that come down. we are wondering about it. thank you. guest: great comment. i know we have focused on this. what this does is provide that worker who basically if you have something to in hand, someone from a trade school participated in it. to be to have a construction program. in minnesota, at
guest: american technical education is supportive of all technical education. someone who is closer to this than i am maybe able to respond. i believe wages are about the same. it may be to the credit of the auto industry and workers that have set a wage area that there is some level of comparable. i am assuming when businesses decide to locate, they are looking at all of these things. that coulda kid be a factor. host: she is joining us from minneapolis. good morning. caller: i would like to...
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paul is an educator. go ahead. caller: i'm an educator and a parent and the question i have got is, has anybody done a study on the detriment to the national educational programs? because all you keep talking about is all students, all students. now, as you well know as an educator whatever it is there is a thing called the normal bell curve and the -- across the spread of many kind of universe of students there are so many students that are over to the right three standard deviations to the right and there's certain number of students three standard deviations to the left. what i say is you say all students. you know, and what i feel is happening is because of kennedy and the special education program -- and i've got a master's in special education and i don't know what the solution is to the problem is but i don't think you can ask a teacher to develop the students that are three standard deviations to the right when you're also working with students that are three standard deviations to the left. i feel like mai
paul is an educator. go ahead. caller: i'm an educator and a parent and the question i have got is, has anybody done a study on the detriment to the national educational programs? because all you keep talking about is all students, all students. now, as you well know as an educator whatever it is there is a thing called the normal bell curve and the -- across the spread of many kind of universe of students there are so many students that are over to the right three standard deviations to the...
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the parents, the educational process? caller: it is more the educational process from my observance. there is so much red tape. you have to gather some much data to support what you're seeing. sometimes it takes a year or even more before you can get the student the help they really need. it's sad, you know? teachers discuss this stuff amongst themselves. it is really heartbreaking to see students suffer so long before they're able to be provided with help them than many parents who come in one help. i have seen parents cry saying my child have been doing this for so many years and then i have gone to mental health agencies and nothing is being done. host: we are looking at the front page of a newspaper which featured a picture of the president wiping away a tear as he talked about the elementary school shooting in newtown, connecticut. we want to play for you the president's radio address. as we play that, we want to make note that the republicans can hold their response out of respect. house speaker john boehner saying
the parents, the educational process? caller: it is more the educational process from my observance. there is so much red tape. you have to gather some much data to support what you're seeing. sometimes it takes a year or even more before you can get the student the help they really need. it's sad, you know? teachers discuss this stuff amongst themselves. it is really heartbreaking to see students suffer so long before they're able to be provided with help them than many parents who come in one...
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my father had a sixth grade education. my mother was an immigrant. we did not have much of anything. what they wanted for their kids was a decent life. they wanted a good education and other kids could have a better life than they had. that's not victimization, that's the american dream. host: senator harkin is our guest. democrats and republicans and independents can call on their respective lines. senator, how would you advise the white house response to these statements? as the president made the right comments so far? guest: i have just heard one, the president made last evening. he made the statement that after he got elected in 2008, the night of the election, 47% of americans did not vote for him. he said that evening, 47% did not vote for me, i hear your voices and i too want to be i too and i want to work with all the american people. he was not dividing people up. that's the right response. there are people -- i have been running for years in iowa and some people don't vote for me, but i don't see them as the enemy. i don't see them as peop
my father had a sixth grade education. my mother was an immigrant. we did not have much of anything. what they wanted for their kids was a decent life. they wanted a good education and other kids could have a better life than they had. that's not victimization, that's the american dream. host: senator harkin is our guest. democrats and republicans and independents can call on their respective lines. senator, how would you advise the white house response to these statements? as the president...
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it is not just education. it is education in skills today. second, when we are looking at "skills," we are looking at a major mismatch between people who have skills and the positions open for skills which we cannot fill. if we could match skilled workers with skilled needs, we would reduce the unemployment rate in this country by -- i think it was 2%. we have to find a way to do that. there are a number of studies that say, over this decade, we need an additional 8 million to 23 million workers to enter the work force with post secondary education and skills. that is additional. you are from california, where you are facing a cap on enrollment at every element of your public post-secondary education system. i think the number is 356,000 high school seniors who graduated in the spring who have no access to post-secondary education in california this fall because of the cap on enrollment at the community colleges, at the public sector university system. we have too far away to give people the opportunity to get the education and skills they ne
it is not just education. it is education in skills today. second, when we are looking at "skills," we are looking at a major mismatch between people who have skills and the positions open for skills which we cannot fill. if we could match skilled workers with skilled needs, we would reduce the unemployment rate in this country by -- i think it was 2%. we have to find a way to do that. there are a number of studies that say, over this decade, we need an additional 8 million to 23...
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talk about education. but i've been working a lot lately in higher ed, this whole business about the financial aid and the burdensome on students. $650 billion we spend on education and it's enough. it's enough to get a better result than we're getting. we're among the world's most expensive education systems per capita. but we're not getting our -- not getting our value. and we look at higher education, enormous expenditure as well and a lot of that burden as we're seeing increasingly falls on student and the family. we're running out of people in the family to put to work in order to pay for college education. i think some of that is changing by the way. we're now at the edge of a major revolution in higher education. when you see there's an article in "the wall street journal" a couple of days ago about an organization, this was courses offered on line by stanford professor. and students from all over the world took these courses. it was 411th place for one of the stanford students themselves showed up
talk about education. but i've been working a lot lately in higher ed, this whole business about the financial aid and the burdensome on students. $650 billion we spend on education and it's enough. it's enough to get a better result than we're getting. we're among the world's most expensive education systems per capita. but we're not getting our -- not getting our value. and we look at higher education, enormous expenditure as well and a lot of that burden as we're seeing increasingly falls on...
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improve the education of our kids but it is not by building a bigger department of education. i have been very critical of the bush administration as well as this administration. i am trying to find solutions to the problems so your kids and all the kids in this nation can have a great education. leader.ave thbe the world's i am trying to find some common sense solutions to these problems. host: david is on the phone on a line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to say rest in peace for those in sandy hook. i think there is too much time spent focusing on the problems and not on the solutions. i think if they had a gun buyback program or they are given incentives -- where they are given incentives. either way, you had a voucher system like when you buy housing or basic living needs or child support, people would turn in their guns. this allows people to -- the reason people are buying guns is because they are terrified. they would willingly pay because they will not have to worry so much about losing their homes and they could pay for their child su
improve the education of our kids but it is not by building a bigger department of education. i have been very critical of the bush administration as well as this administration. i am trying to find solutions to the problems so your kids and all the kids in this nation can have a great education. leader.ave thbe the world's i am trying to find some common sense solutions to these problems. host: david is on the phone on a line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to...
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tv, the computers and all, they are also educators. and our young people are almost being sold down the drain in some of the things that they are watching on that tv. and i am a substitute teacher so i see the results of kids that have nothing on their mind except these negativities. that's the number one. so i would like you to talk about that for a minute and i have one more. host: go ahead and give us your second question and then we'll go to shirley. caller: if the child left behind law is what i am seeing the results of something terrible is wrong, when you've been put in a child -- that should actually be in -- well, it's a child that is emotionally disturbed, and then you put them into a classroom of regular children and that child is screaming and yelling, because they're emotionally disturbed, something is wrong because in fact the other children now are being left behind because it is a total disruption and that child is seemingly having the right to be in the class with regular children something is wrong with that. they sho
tv, the computers and all, they are also educators. and our young people are almost being sold down the drain in some of the things that they are watching on that tv. and i am a substitute teacher so i see the results of kids that have nothing on their mind except these negativities. that's the number one. so i would like you to talk about that for a minute and i have one more. host: go ahead and give us your second question and then we'll go to shirley. caller: if the child left behind law is...
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i am a parent and an educator. i believe that teacher evaluations should be based on several factors. s, they area doctor's not evaluated on the number of patients who die under their care. teachers in the same way should not be evaluated based upon their performance -- the performance of their students. if an individual does not take good care of themselves, they will fall sick. if parents don't take good care of their children, they will not be able to perform in the classroom. if they are not able to perform in the classroom due to factors that come from home, why should the teachers be blamed for that? doctors forme patients who do not take care of themselves. why should we blame teachers? in regard to that, when it comes to student performance, several things go into account. are they doing their homework? if the teacher has 40 students in the classroom, how will the teacher be able to take care of all these kids? host: for some perspective on the chicago strike situation, let's look at that school district. i
i am a parent and an educator. i believe that teacher evaluations should be based on several factors. s, they area doctor's not evaluated on the number of patients who die under their care. teachers in the same way should not be evaluated based upon their performance -- the performance of their students. if an individual does not take good care of themselves, they will fall sick. if parents don't take good care of their children, they will not be able to perform in the classroom. if they are...
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invest in education. one of the things that we have noticed is those with a good education are not the ones who are unemployed. you invest in education, you have a stronger workforce. host: our company's hiring? guest: some are. those without a college education, they are suffering. that's why the construction jobs, roads, bridges, and repairing schools are so important if you're investing in education, one thing that happens is you create jobs in the field of education. you have to have teachers. a lack of food service at the college. you have to have bookstores. you have a lot of economic activity when you put money in education. not unlike many areas, when you invest in education, nobody is making a lot of money. you have a lot of people working. at a community college, for example, you put more money in there. more people can take classes. you have a higher staff. you have to hire an adjunct professors. everyone is helped. short-term, when you invest in education, and long term, because we have a much
invest in education. one of the things that we have noticed is those with a good education are not the ones who are unemployed. you invest in education, you have a stronger workforce. host: our company's hiring? guest: some are. those without a college education, they are suffering. that's why the construction jobs, roads, bridges, and repairing schools are so important if you're investing in education, one thing that happens is you create jobs in the field of education. you have to have...
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my education benefits expired. i had four children and i cannot afford to pay for my own education. guest: something does not add up and that is unfortunate. thank you so much for your service. the g.i. bill at that era, a service member had 10 years from the date they completed their military service to use that. the new g.i. bill has it longer window of 15 years. it is unfortunate that your experience does not seem quite to track and i'm sorry to hear about that. host: we have a veteran on the independent line, albert from virginia. caller: how are you today? i thought i was going to talk to colonel norton. host: you are. caller: i went into the military at 16, 1974. i was transferred to paris island and i got injured. i got out and went home. i never applied for no benefits or anything. lately i did apply in every time i applied i get turned down. i got an honorable discharge. what do you do with a situation like that? guest: thank you for your service. we appreciate the service, especially on this memorial day. this is the 50th anniversary of that war. you should visit with one
my education benefits expired. i had four children and i cannot afford to pay for my own education. guest: something does not add up and that is unfortunate. thank you so much for your service. the g.i. bill at that era, a service member had 10 years from the date they completed their military service to use that. the new g.i. bill has it longer window of 15 years. it is unfortunate that your experience does not seem quite to track and i'm sorry to hear about that. host: we have a veteran on...
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educational reform. i spent some time in the book writing about baseball and the steroid scandal and i write about enron a little bit. i'm looking at how this happens. baseball, is in many ways, it real meritocratic undertaking. you have huge rewards for performance and punishment for failure. one of the lessons from the steroid-year in baseball is that it is much trickier than it looks. to design a system with big reward performances penalties. there is a fine line between performance and cheating. when you have big enough rewards and punishment for failure, you will drive people towards cheating if that is the way they can survive in the system. with so that inside enron where you saw all sorts of fraud. we saw it on wall street during the subprime crisis. there is no distinction between the bonus for selling a bunch of securities that were actually aaa rating but ones that were called that but would blow up. to get back to your point about education, the reason i think this is an instructive an import
educational reform. i spent some time in the book writing about baseball and the steroid scandal and i write about enron a little bit. i'm looking at how this happens. baseball, is in many ways, it real meritocratic undertaking. you have huge rewards for performance and punishment for failure. one of the lessons from the steroid-year in baseball is that it is much trickier than it looks. to design a system with big reward performances penalties. there is a fine line between performance and...
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the slush fund is in higher education. higher education in america is taking a beating. host: we have a graduate student from new york. caller: good morning. i want to say hi. i spent time at the foundation workshop this weekend. you did not address one thing i wanted you to talk about. have you done comparisons with other educational systems around the world to try to see why they are moving ahead of us? have you looked at any of those? guest: the united states 20 years ago was number one in the world and producing college graduates. there were not many that were close behind. we have fallen off to number 15. other nations have dedicated more and more resources to college. kinds of budget crisis that we are right now. nonetheless, they have made a priority in college. in large measure, it is because they have much smaller defense budgets. we tend to spend, as they do, a great deal on health care for older americans. the difference between us and them, when you look at their national budgets, is a defense. to our c-s take it span bus. let's get a reaction from a student
the slush fund is in higher education. higher education in america is taking a beating. host: we have a graduate student from new york. caller: good morning. i want to say hi. i spent time at the foundation workshop this weekend. you did not address one thing i wanted you to talk about. have you done comparisons with other educational systems around the world to try to see why they are moving ahead of us? have you looked at any of those? guest: the united states 20 years ago was number one in...
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i would have liked to hear more about education and college education and how we will compete against other countries. i did not see a strong leader -- if one would stand out as a strong leader, that would help. kim in waco, texas. good morning. why are you undecided? caller: i have never voted in my life because i didn't want to get involved in politics. i have never seen a good candidate that i felt that they were telling the truth 100% and that day would be there for the entire country. i have never voted. in 2008, i was deciding to vote republican and then i changed my mind and i decided not to vote at all. this year i wanted to get involved. at this point, i just do not know who to vote for. something that obama says or changes his mind from 2008, i did not lighke it. christian.e and a i'm sure a lot of christians feel the same way as i do. i have a son in college and it is tough to put your children through college because the fees are high and out of control. they can charge whatever they want. a student needs a good education because they are the men and women of tomorrow. hos
i would have liked to hear more about education and college education and how we will compete against other countries. i did not see a strong leader -- if one would stand out as a strong leader, that would help. kim in waco, texas. good morning. why are you undecided? caller: i have never voted in my life because i didn't want to get involved in politics. i have never seen a good candidate that i felt that they were telling the truth 100% and that day would be there for the entire country. i...
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the burgeoning debt load in the country for college education. there are two stories in papers today related to this. one is from the "washington post," and "the post" reporting a for-profit vocational school closed down this week withheld federal financial aid money meant for students. mark kantrowitz, with all of the for-profit education growing in a society, what kind of controls are there on this system for preventing fraud in financial aid? guest: well, the office of the inspector general does periodic audits and there are program reviews to make sure the money is going where it's supposed to be going. and they do a fairly good job of catching such fraud. there's also a variety of regulations to ensure that the moneys being effectively spent. a new set of rules go into effect this july. they implement three debt measures. a loan repayment rate. and two types of debt-to-income ratios that if a for-profit college doesn't satisfy these rules, at least one of these measures for three out of four consecutive years, they will lose eligibility for
the burgeoning debt load in the country for college education. there are two stories in papers today related to this. one is from the "washington post," and "the post" reporting a for-profit vocational school closed down this week withheld federal financial aid money meant for students. mark kantrowitz, with all of the for-profit education growing in a society, what kind of controls are there on this system for preventing fraud in financial aid? guest: well, the office of...
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, or a college education, or did not finish high school. for the technical savvy workers, they're unemployed rate is somewhere around 3%. these jobs that you mentioned, like 3d printing and so forth, those are exactly the ones that i am talking about in terms of manufacturing, and where we are taking back jobs from the rest of the world than originally went overseas for manufacturing because now we are more flexible and able to do jobs for american companies locally. the employment situation is improving. host: are there any jobs that seemed to be recession-proof or less effected by the recession? guest: i would say there are some kinds of jobs where you need to head that at least a minimal level which have -- have at least a minimal level of workers, but that margin is declining. we could look it specific jobs. let's say making sure the telephone networks works, where the power sector continues to work, but it is a smaller number than it was historically, due to product changes in price competitiveness. host: the level of unemployment in t
, or a college education, or did not finish high school. for the technical savvy workers, they're unemployed rate is somewhere around 3%. these jobs that you mentioned, like 3d printing and so forth, those are exactly the ones that i am talking about in terms of manufacturing, and where we are taking back jobs from the rest of the world than originally went overseas for manufacturing because now we are more flexible and able to do jobs for american companies locally. the employment situation is...
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we need voter education. the get-out-the-vote campaigns intended to lower the quality of the voting pool. uber people tend to be less informed. -- no. people tend to be less informed. -- shutting young people o shoving young people into the ballot boxes, most of them do not know what they are doing. they will launch influence the outcome of the election, but it will put them in the position to think that they are. host: mary in st. louis. caller: i don't agree with her. their vote does count. i have an 18-year-old. he would love to vote. it is wrong for her to say that your vote doesn't count. that is why so many people are confused on whether to vote or not. guest: i think is great that you are taking your 18-year-old to see how the process works. that is valuable. at the same time, you raised something that i would like to highlight from the peace. there is a good reason to vote. there is a 1983 book which is kind of a seminal book on this. they say, look, one reason you might vote is as an expressive measu
we need voter education. the get-out-the-vote campaigns intended to lower the quality of the voting pool. uber people tend to be less informed. -- no. people tend to be less informed. -- shutting young people o shoving young people into the ballot boxes, most of them do not know what they are doing. they will launch influence the outcome of the election, but it will put them in the position to think that they are. host: mary in st. louis. caller: i don't agree with her. their vote does count. i...
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physical activity is not a part of kids' education today. the business community -- people spend more time in their work than any place except their home. more and more employees are thinking -- are taking days off because of health related activities. nobody is saying uncle sam is the cure all for these problems. part of the issue deals with the medical programs. the private sector, doctors, everybody has a stake in this. ponderstand the caller's int. when the health-care costs will bankrupt america, we'll have a stake. host: you suggested that schools have a particular role to play. guest: the role of vending machines, the roles of schools doing education of their students so they understand what is good for them, the relationship of the schools to the parents, the resources devoted to quality foods whether it is breakfast or lunch. some kids have no males at all except lunch at school. schools have a big piece of this issue but not the only piece. doctors, parents have a piece. i do not want people to think this is a situation with a simp
physical activity is not a part of kids' education today. the business community -- people spend more time in their work than any place except their home. more and more employees are thinking -- are taking days off because of health related activities. nobody is saying uncle sam is the cure all for these problems. part of the issue deals with the medical programs. the private sector, doctors, everybody has a stake in this. ponderstand the caller's int. when the health-care costs will bankrupt...
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last year, over 40 states cut their higher education spending. 40 states cut their higher education budget. and we know that these state budget cuts have been the largest factor in tuition increases in public colleges over the past decade. >> and that's the president from the university of michigan yesterday. again, if you want to talk to us about the best way to make college affordable and give your perspective, comment on the the president's proposals as well, here's how you can do so. also, we have set up a line for all others to chime in this morning. leave the numbers out there so they can pick the best line possible for you. go ahead and call or you can also tweet us, facebook us. we started a facebook conversation on this yesterday. we have about 112 plus comments on it already. north carolina, west is on our student line. go ahead. he's left. let's move on to ohio. a parent, brenda, good morning. caller: good morning. i just wanted to comment. i have two children in college right now. one just graduated and the cost of the student loans is astronomical. they have not gone up with t
last year, over 40 states cut their higher education spending. 40 states cut their higher education budget. and we know that these state budget cuts have been the largest factor in tuition increases in public colleges over the past decade. >> and that's the president from the university of michigan yesterday. again, if you want to talk to us about the best way to make college affordable and give your perspective, comment on the the president's proposals as well, here's how you can do so....
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the education department, i'm not sure why we have a secretary of education. if i were obama, i would reduce the federal government and get rid of certain departments. guest: good luck trying. one senator wanted a promised not to abolish the department before i was confirmed. i said, "i did not have to have this job." "i don't have the votes for this anyway." that is not going to happen. i agree with the secretary of education on a lot of things. i know arne duncan. he has also taken on the unions. that made some of us a little happier. those are a lot of wonderful teachers in this country. i don't think you can get rid of that department. you want some serious efforts to hold back. erskine bowles has talked about this. we cannot keep spending at the current levels. the automatic cuts and what they do to the defense department. leon panetta said they would be devastating. we are talking about national security. we live in a dangerous world. if you cut your defense ability by 50%, this is catastrophic. host: from twitter, jody. know there is any principle detec
the education department, i'm not sure why we have a secretary of education. if i were obama, i would reduce the federal government and get rid of certain departments. guest: good luck trying. one senator wanted a promised not to abolish the department before i was confirmed. i said, "i did not have to have this job." "i don't have the votes for this anyway." that is not going to happen. i agree with the secretary of education on a lot of things. i know arne duncan. he has...
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and it would make education more expensive. and then families have to decide between food and school. obviously, we have a lot of folks who are not going to college and america will become less competitive and i think mitt romney here as a disconnect problem, one of the many disconnects, i think, here. obviously, he didn't have to worry about student loans and that sort of thing and his kids would never have to deal with that or never had to deal with that, but also, you know, i think, again, you know, with the attacks coming, here's a person who said i make a $10,000 bet and claim that he's also unemployed so i think he has a disconnect with the populous. host: patrick, thanks for the call. and trey grayson, you certainly understand what it's like having run for statewide office on a number of occasions in kentucky that personal narrative and how that plays out among the electorate. guest: it's really important and probably in no race is that personal connection more important than the president of the united states. obviously
and it would make education more expensive. and then families have to decide between food and school. obviously, we have a lot of folks who are not going to college and america will become less competitive and i think mitt romney here as a disconnect problem, one of the many disconnects, i think, here. obviously, he didn't have to worry about student loans and that sort of thing and his kids would never have to deal with that or never had to deal with that, but also, you know, i think, again,...
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. -- younger, more educated. i have to worry about my family. there is nothing free. this is what we are worried about, the economy. thank you, a young lady. guest: thank you. i am glad that this resonates with you. the other thing that concerns me about this discussion around birth control is it helps perpetuate the myth of women as victims in need of government protection. when you look at the cover of "time magazine" women outperform men educationally, professionally. the wage gap myth has been busted. women are doing well in this country. when the conversation revolves around birth control, a lot of women take offense to that. host: what has been your organization could tell take and what elements of job creation should look like? guest: we want to take government out as much as possible. if we want fewer regulations that will make to the business world less predictable, and we want lower taxes -- we want to see things even out. we want to eliminate crony capitalism, where the white house picks winners and lo
. -- younger, more educated. i have to worry about my family. there is nothing free. this is what we are worried about, the economy. thank you, a young lady. guest: thank you. i am glad that this resonates with you. the other thing that concerns me about this discussion around birth control is it helps perpetuate the myth of women as victims in need of government protection. when you look at the cover of "time magazine" women outperform men educationally, professionally. the wage gap...
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is really a two-sided economy, an economy with lots of jobs for the skilled and educ e educated for the people who have a niche or a nuance skill set. but the other side of it is for people who have not been able to find that niche and for whatever reason have not been able to get an education or find a specialized type there's enough seats at the table for everyone in america and i see this separation and this gap getting wider and wider and it's disturbing to have two young children and i wonder in ten years what is this economy going to be for them? is it waitress or something like that? no offense of course but we all want there to be good jobs for the kids and we're heading into kind of a two-sided economy where the skilled get the good jobs and the educated get great jobs and everyone else is kind of left to fight for themselves. >> what kind of recruiting do you do? are you finding, how difficult is it for you to find people to fill the slots? caller: these jobs are open for six months, a year. and we've become a, kind of an industry of specialists. host: give me a specific job.
is really a two-sided economy, an economy with lots of jobs for the skilled and educ e educated for the people who have a niche or a nuance skill set. but the other side of it is for people who have not been able to find that niche and for whatever reason have not been able to get an education or find a specialized type there's enough seats at the table for everyone in america and i see this separation and this gap getting wider and wider and it's disturbing to have two young children and i...
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you have to be educated." host: congressman mick mulvaney from south carolina, thank you for coming in. up next we will talk with richard blumenthal senator of connecticut. later we have our spotlight on magazines and we look at "vanity fair" world war iii.o. but first a news update from c- span radio. >> and update on primaries yesterday. mitt romney won the california presidential primary. governor romney now has 3098 delegates, exceeding the number needed to win the republican nomination. more reaction to yesterday's recall election in wisconsin. mitt romney now plans to compete aggressively in the state. his team considers wisconsin a top target and more attractive than his home state of michigan. terri nelson says the close vote on tuesday confirms that wisconsin will be a swing state. president obama travels to california. he will be making remarks at a dinner and fund-raiser to a group. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. [video clip] >> finally on a personal note, michelle and i are
you have to be educated." host: congressman mick mulvaney from south carolina, thank you for coming in. up next we will talk with richard blumenthal senator of connecticut. later we have our spotlight on magazines and we look at "vanity fair" world war iii.o. but first a news update from c- span radio. >> and update on primaries yesterday. mitt romney won the california presidential primary. governor romney now has 3098 delegates, exceeding the number needed to win the...
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this is not equal education. we have the highest kids and our school getting 20 on act or as a valedictorian should be getting in the 30's. host: with the current four years they've got, are there ways to help them better prepare for college? caller: we are trying. we're working really hard. we are staying after school and doing college prep tests and we are trying as hard as we can to get the kids engaged and get those kids who have the potential. we're working. really working -- we are working really hard. in the cities, you have concentrated on employment and concentrated drama, things going on in the family. we need to get them up and out and give them a chance to succeed in college at a local four-year college may be. they work hard the last 10 years to recruit from city schools and now local university has a 15% greg georgian rate -- graduation rates. they need something. host: that was from airline for teachers. if parents wish to take advantage, you can call on that line. laurel, maryland, you are next. c
this is not equal education. we have the highest kids and our school getting 20 on act or as a valedictorian should be getting in the 30's. host: with the current four years they've got, are there ways to help them better prepare for college? caller: we are trying. we're working really hard. we are staying after school and doing college prep tests and we are trying as hard as we can to get the kids engaged and get those kids who have the potential. we're working. really working -- we are...
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it is also education. if we reinvest in education, we will be ok. right now, we do get the most nobel prizes. countries like singapore and taiwan, they like our ships. they like our presence there. we invest in ourselves and our technology, our human resources. try not to fight. i think we are not in a decline. host: thank you for the call. we're checking with many of you are saying on our twitter page as well. you can also join us on facebook. this is from one of our viewers about why the u.s. is in very terrible space, but less-worse than any other the words of we go back to clarence page from "the chicago tribune" website. is america in decline? no way, says president obama. but some grim news reports on our educational gap. some surprising good news/bad news. the gap between white and black suits has shrunk, the gap between rich and poor have grown. -- white and black students has a strong, the gap between rich and poor have grown. caller: good morning. i do believe that america is on decline. for the reason the first caller gave. empire's rise
it is also education. if we reinvest in education, we will be ok. right now, we do get the most nobel prizes. countries like singapore and taiwan, they like our ships. they like our presence there. we invest in ourselves and our technology, our human resources. try not to fight. i think we are not in a decline. host: thank you for the call. we're checking with many of you are saying on our twitter page as well. you can also join us on facebook. this is from one of our viewers about why the u.s....
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let's talk about education first. we have an education system in this country built toward giving children a four-year college degree, and the testing regime is around that. for kids that want to get into vocational education and want to work in a manufacturing career, the system is being decimated. it is actually a shame. it puts us way behind where other industrialized countries are, like germany and japan, and you hear employers talk about the challenges of finding kids with the right skills. i think the larger problem is our system is simply not built to provide a pool of talented workers, skilled machinists and welders, and factory technicians, especially for this 21st century manufacturing careers. the president has talked about that. he talked about it in a skills for the future program. but it needs more resources and it certainly has a lot of private sector cooperation. but it is something we need to dramatically alter. of infrastructure -- absolutely. we have a second or third-rate infrastructure. and if we
let's talk about education first. we have an education system in this country built toward giving children a four-year college degree, and the testing regime is around that. for kids that want to get into vocational education and want to work in a manufacturing career, the system is being decimated. it is actually a shame. it puts us way behind where other industrialized countries are, like germany and japan, and you hear employers talk about the challenges of finding kids with the right...
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guest is the head of the national education association. phone lines are open. you can join the conversation on our twitter page. jerry is on the phone from illinois. good morning. caller: i had the privilege of teaching in chicago public schools my first three or four years of teaching. it is absolutely very, very difficult. it is hard for people to understand how difficult it is to teach students with those needs. i left there and i now work in another district in the south suburbs. i think we are number one in the state for demographics. very high performing. we have so many resources and a
guest is the head of the national education association. phone lines are open. you can join the conversation on our twitter page. jerry is on the phone from illinois. good morning. caller: i had the privilege of teaching in chicago public schools my first three or four years of teaching. it is absolutely very, very difficult. it is hard for people to understand how difficult it is to teach students with those needs. i left there and i now work in another district in the south suburbs. i think...
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parents educated their children because it's their responsibility to educate their children. yes, the government can help, but the idea that the federal government should be running schools frankly much less than the state should be running schools is anachronistic. it goes back to the time of the best relations in america when people came off the farms where they did home school." this is all from rick santorum. while those factories, as we all know in ohio and pennsylvania have fundamentally changed, the factory school has not. that is from the "new york times piece. minneapolis, neil, independent. good morning. caller: yes i am disillusioned with the republican candidates who tried to endear themselves to the religious people and their party while they are breaking the ninth commandment. the ninth commandment being [inaudible] the ninth amendment, which is not bearing false witness, and they are doing it constantly. host: thanks for calling. little difficulty hearing you. want to remind viewers to keep the sound down on your set a home. we will be able to hear you much bet
parents educated their children because it's their responsibility to educate their children. yes, the government can help, but the idea that the federal government should be running schools frankly much less than the state should be running schools is anachronistic. it goes back to the time of the best relations in america when people came off the farms where they did home school." this is all from rick santorum. while those factories, as we all know in ohio and pennsylvania have...
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some people will have technical educations. some will have more professional educations. so, we need to recognize that reality and change our system accordingly. that is going to take a lot of work. it will end up paying off over time. host: the next call for mr. walker is from pennsylvania. bill is a democrat there. caller: hello. thank you for c-span. mr. walker, a want to ask directly of view, having followed you for quite awhile, and i appreciate the work you have done to educate the entire nation on our debt and deficit crisis before many people were paying attention to it -- you said today that the ceo of the country, the president, needs to lead the way to a bipartisan solution, and sir, i would like to know how we could convince you to run for president? guest: well, thank you. i would strongly prefer not to run for office because politics is a nasty business. at the same point in time, i know our country is at a critical crossroads and i believe this election is very important. as i said, i am not a candidate at the present time, but this draft effort is successf
some people will have technical educations. some will have more professional educations. so, we need to recognize that reality and change our system accordingly. that is going to take a lot of work. it will end up paying off over time. host: the next call for mr. walker is from pennsylvania. bill is a democrat there. caller: hello. thank you for c-span. mr. walker, a want to ask directly of view, having followed you for quite awhile, and i appreciate the work you have done to educate the entire...